Can anybody help out with this? I need to lock down a public Windows kiosk PC running a Delphi application - http://serverfault.com/questions/701937/lock-down-a-windows-pc-for-kiosk-use

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Can anybody help out with this? I need to lock down a public Windows kiosk PC running a Delphi application - http://serverfault.com/questions/701937/lock-down-a-windows-pc-for-kiosk-use
http://serverfault.com/questions/701937/lock-down-a-windows-pc-for-kiosk-use

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  1. Rob UttleyJune 26, 2015 at 2:05 PM

    Can you still run an application as the shell in Windows 7/10? I know under XP you were able to replace explorer.exe with the name of your executable, somewhere in the registry I think, and your app would effectively run as the Windows Shell.

    (later) - looks like you probably still can;

    http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows7/AdminTips/Admin/ReplacingtheExplorerShellinWindows7.html

    http://www.askvg.com/how-to-apply-and-safely-use-custom-user-interface-shell-or-explorer-in-windows/

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  2. Richard BaroniunasJune 26, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    Take a look at this source code, written in C and VB but it should give you some guidance on which Windows API to call.

     http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7392/Lock-Windows-Desktop

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  3. Paul ThorntonJune 26, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Thanks Rob Uttley , Richard Baroniunas - Both look like very interesting possibilities.

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  4. Eli MJune 26, 2015 at 2:31 PM

    There are various demos out there to do the keyboard hook (ex: http://www.swissdelphicenter.com/torry/showcode.php?id=1722 ).

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  5. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJune 27, 2015 at 2:39 AM

    Like I commented on SF: go Windows embedded. Especially for public areas. The componentised way allows you to trim it down eliminating lots of attack vectors. Of course it allows you to select the kiosk app. It takes a while to configure a base image, but rolling out and licensing then is very easy. https://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products-solutions-overview.aspx
    Server versions of Windows already come sort of pre-trimmed, but are a lot more expensive to license.

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